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Cogent Technology's Recipe for CEM Selection

from an article recently published in ElectronicsBom.com

What is a customer hungry for in a CEM? Cogent Technology release their recipe for success when selecting a Contract Electronics Manufacturer.

Robert Stainer, Sales Director at Cogent Technology, says that "In theory it's quite straight forward; High Quality Product at a Competitive Price, delivered On Time to their door. The difficult part is in practice, to truly deliver it day after day and take away all the pressures of getting the details right in manufacturing, taking time which starves a company of valuable resources."

"The team here now serves it up like daily bread but actually, getting it right every day is about the right ingredients, the methodology and blending them in an efficient process."

How the Cogent team serves this up is in a recipe that has been vigorously tested, enjoyed and applauded by our existing customers for a number of years now.

Nigel Slator, Managing Director of Cogent Technology, has been at the forefront of evolving the essence of Cogent's service.

Nigel has carefully sought out the right components for the business and the team has delivered these in the right measures to dish up excellent quality products to customers each and every day.

Ingredients

• ISO13485:2008, ISO9001:2008
• Professional & Experienced Management Team
• Advanced MRP system
• Effective Procurement Strategy
• Mydata SMA
• AOI Inspection
• Production Team Trained to IPC-610-D
• 16,000 sq feet of Cellular Production Area

Recipe

1. Communication with you, the customer, from order through to final delivery.
2. Mix that in with our total open book policy where you see every detail, including each component costed out line by line at the Quote stage.
3. Everything we do is infused with a strong measure of Quality of a standard high enough to meet not just the ISO9001:2008 but also ISO13485:2003, which brings the quality required for medical devices to the table for all our products.
4. Add a software system package,123 MRP, for total material control which delivers careful planning and ensures that all the stock is in place for your products to be manufactured in a timely and most efficient way.
5. The natural organic ingredients are the experienced individuals at Cogent, whose passion to manufacture is mixed with the above and delivers day after day.

Nigel has evolved a sustainable strategy. He has achieved this by incorporating his personal approach to business, cultivating amicable and honest relationships with clients and suppliers.

Valuing openness as the best way of meeting clients' needs, he has led by example to develop this ethos throughout the company.

Published on 2009-08-19 01:33:12